"It's too late for that - trying to second guess it. It's over. I'm worried about how to get the kids through school and still write and practice law and take power of attorney"
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Panic rarely sounds poetic, and that is exactly why Christopher Darden's line lands: it is the unvarnished audio of a life being outpaced by events. The dash-heavy phrasing mimics the mind in triage mode. "It's too late" closes the door on revisionism, the American pastime of replaying decisions until they become a different movie. He refuses the fantasy of control, not because he lacks imagination, but because the clock is already winning.
The subtext is a collision between public consequence and private logistics. Darden isn't only talking about a case or a decision; he's talking about the way a legal career can swallow the person attached to it. "Second guess" signals the courtroom's afterlife: every move litigated again in the press, in professional circles, at the kitchen table at 2 a.m. Yet he swerves immediately into the mundanity of obligation: "kids through school", "write and practice law", "power of attorney". That list is the point. It collapses the heroic myth of the lawyer into a stack of overlapping jobs, none of which pause to honor your stress.
Context matters because Darden became a national figure in the O.J. Simpson trial, a role that made him legible to millions and exposed him to relentless scrutiny. This quote reads like someone trying to claw back a perimeter of normalcy after celebrity-by-proxy. The intent isn't to be eloquent; it's to draw a boundary: the verdict of life has been entered, and now the only meaningful appeal is keeping your family steady while your profession demands you keep performing.
The subtext is a collision between public consequence and private logistics. Darden isn't only talking about a case or a decision; he's talking about the way a legal career can swallow the person attached to it. "Second guess" signals the courtroom's afterlife: every move litigated again in the press, in professional circles, at the kitchen table at 2 a.m. Yet he swerves immediately into the mundanity of obligation: "kids through school", "write and practice law", "power of attorney". That list is the point. It collapses the heroic myth of the lawyer into a stack of overlapping jobs, none of which pause to honor your stress.
Context matters because Darden became a national figure in the O.J. Simpson trial, a role that made him legible to millions and exposed him to relentless scrutiny. This quote reads like someone trying to claw back a perimeter of normalcy after celebrity-by-proxy. The intent isn't to be eloquent; it's to draw a boundary: the verdict of life has been entered, and now the only meaningful appeal is keeping your family steady while your profession demands you keep performing.
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